An accident involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle claimed the life of a Chandler man July 25 in Ben Wheeler.

According to Sgt. Michael Johnson of the Texas Department of Public Safety office in Canton, James Kinnaird, 51, of Chandler was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Van Zandt County Pct. 1 Justice of the Peach Pam Harvath.

Johnson said that at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, Stacy Gale Burkett, 48, of Ben Wheeler was traveling north on FM 773 in a Ford F-150 pickup truck and stopped at the intersection of State Highway 64 and FM 773 in Ben Wheeler.